Vrindavana: The holy Land of Lord Krishna

Vrindavana: The Holy Land of Lord Krishna
By Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana dasa)
(An Excerpt from Stephen’s book “Seeing Spiritual India”)
 
        This provides a description of a tour through Vrindavana, the holy land of Lord Krishna where He displayed many of His most intimate pastimes. Thus, we can see that the stories found in many of the [...]

The Ratha-Yatra Festival at Jagannatha Puri

The Ratha-Yatra Festival at
 Jagannatha Puri
By Stephen Knapp
Jagannatha Puri, a town of 75,000, is one of the most important pilgrimage centers and one of the four holiest cities in India. These four cities are Badrinatha in the north, Dvaraka in the west, Ramesvaram in the south, and Puri in the east. Badrinarayan in Badrinatha was especially [...]

Radha Kund: The Holy Place of Srimati Radharani

Radha Kund: The Holy Place of Srimati Radharani
By Stephen Knapp
 
Radha Kund is the bathing place of Radharani and Her most elevated assistants, the gopis or cowherd girls. Radha Kund is located on the northern end of Govardhan Hill in the area of Greater Vrajamandala, not far from Vrindavana or Mathura. Sri Rupa Gosvami explains in [...]

The Divya Desams of Lord Vishnu: The 108 most holy places of Lord Vishnu

The Divya Desams of Lord Vishnu
The 108 most holy places of Lord Vishnu
        This page is in two parts. The first part contains short descriptions of each of the 108 holy sites where various pastimes or lilas of the Supreme Being, Lord Vishnu and the avataras, have occurred, and where important temples are now [...]